A rate-accelerating noncovalently assembled system for thiazolium-catalysed oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate in chloroform–acetonitile
Abstract
It is found that a thiazolium ion having a thymine moiety accelerates the rate of the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate in the presence of a 2,6-diamidopyridine derivative bearing a crown ether and Na+ in CHCl3–MeCN (9 : 1 V/V).